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Anonymous wrote:We had regular lunch visit time that parents can go at our school in another state, what I saw surprised me - there were a huge amount of waste, the whole tray of food without being touched went directly to the trash can happened quite often everyday... giving extra choices ( not any more healthier at all) to, at lease the lower elementary level kids is really not what the system should do. as the pp said, the kids buy what other kids do, without thinking (twice- or not at all).
That's surprising. The couple of elementary and middle schools that I've been to in MCPS have a table set up for donating untouched food items (juice, milk, fruit, sealed snacks) and there was some emphasis on kids not wasting food.
That's a great idea as long as someone is confirming they are untouched! And non perishables (sealed snacks, juice) could also be put into the food drive bin).
From a 30,000 foot view... the whole school providing meals seems wasteful, expensive, and enormously under used.
How about cancelling school meals period. I cafeteria costs, no food worker costs, no waste (and no fraud). The millions saved could be placed into a meals on wheels type program... call it ‘bagged lunch on wheels’ and it could be funded by means tested vouchers. This gives parents choice to choose the gender which provides the best lunch option for them (as well as breakfast and after school dinner meals for those in need). It will force vendors to meet the actual demands of the consumers. And it will take the Byzantine MCPS administration out of the process. Now that’s some innovation!
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